Mass. man and woman convicted in sexual assault of 16-year-old filmed on Snapchat

A Massachusetts man and woman accused of sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl have been found guilty after the attack was posted on Snapchat.

Rashad Deihim, 21, and Kailyn Bonia, 20, were teenagers in Sept. 2014 when they assaulted the unidentified victim in the woods behind an elementary school in Saugus, north of Boston.

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Authorities say that they heard of the attack after another 16-year-old told her parents about seeing four Snapchat clips from Timothy Cyckowski, who pleaded guilty in March to recording it.

The victim, who said that she woke up naked and bruised, testified that she did not remember much beyond occasional flashes from what she thought was a camera.

She said at trial that she had taken half a pill of the painkiller Percocet and had been drinking vodka with the defendants the night of the attack, according to the Boston Globe.

Social media video of the incident led to Deihim and Bonia, who now face decades in prison after Tuesday's conviction.

Kailyn Bonia was also convicted in the case, but was acquitted of posing a child in a state of nudity. (SAUGUS police)

The pair's defense teams said that what happened in the woods was consensual, though both were found guilty of assault with intent to rape, kidnapping and battery.

They are expected to be sentenced on Sept. 6, and assault with intent to rape in Massachusetts is punishable by up to 20 years in state prison.

Deihim was also convicted of posing a child in a state of nudity, punishable by between 10 to 20 years in prison.

The quick-thinking teen who reported the Snapchat videos, which disappear after they are watched, took screenshots of them.

Prosecutors were able to obtain one snap from the California-based company, though a judge said that it could not be viewed at trial because Snapchat would not testify about it, according to the Patriot Ledger.

Assistant District Attorney Kate MacDougall said that the company' representatives were "not helpful" and would only say that they don't provide expert testimony.